Bumper and fender-brace construction



April 8 1924. 1,489,480

. A. R. BROCKSMITH BUMPER AND FENDER BRACE CONSTRUCTi ON '?atented Apr.8, 392d.

uui'rso erases .EDOLIPH R. BRQCKSMITE, 0E ST LGU'IS, MISSOURI.

BUIYEQEB; MID FEEWEB-BRACE CONS-TRUUTION.

Application filed August 22, 1923. Eerial No. 658,?40.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it knoivn that I, Anonrn R. Bacon- SMITH,a citizen of the United States, resid ing at St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Bumper and Fender- Braoe Construction, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bumper and fender braceconstruction, and consists in the novel structure hereinafter more fullydisclosed.

An object of the invention is to provide a combined bumper and fenderbrace con struction that maybe readily applied to a motor vehiclewithout disturbing the standard assembly, and which braces the fenderslaterally and longitudinallyor the frame so as to give substantialrigidity thereto and at the some time provide protecting structure forthe parts of the motor vehicle.

Additional advantages of the construction will appear from the followingdetailed description thereof taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which-- Fig. l is a plan view of a front portion of a motorvehicle showing the structure of the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an end view showing the structure applied to a motor vehicle.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the-same structure.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line l% of Fig. 1 showing themanner of connecting the longitudinal supporting arms to the frame ofthe vehicle.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing the deviceis shown as applied to a Ford motor vehicle and so much of theassociated structure of the motor vehicle is shown as is necessary toillustrate the application of the device thereto. The motor vehicleparts 1 have fenders provided at their forward ends with dependingflanges 2 constituting fender stillcncrs. The longitudinal side membersof the chassis are indicated by 3 and the lamp brackets of the vehicleare indicated by 4:.

As it is with these parts of the vehicle that the structure of theinvention is associated, it is unnecessary to describe the furtherconventional'showing of the other parts of the vehicle. The inventionitself consists of a front bar 5 preferably formed from a T- iron, saidher being lip-turned at the ends forming the curved sections 6. Theformation of the bar permits the horizontal central section to lie on aplane substantially on a line with the upper part of the chassis of thevehicle and to lie adjacentto the ends of the fenders at theextremities.

Suitable fastening connections 7 are provided between the ends of thebar and the flanges 2 constituting the fender stifieners.

These connections rigidly couple the bar ends with the tenderspreventing vibration of the tenders. Thus the bar 5-6 constitutes notonlyh fender support but also a bumper bar for protecting the front endof the vehicle against damage.

....Supports for the bar 5-6 are rovided in v cars 12 lying adjacent tothe face of theside members of the chassis, and a'hooked rod 13 extendsthrough an opening in the ear 12, the hooked end of the rod engagingover the lower ledge of the U-shaped frame member and the other end ofthe rod ex tending through said openingto receive a nut 14 forconnecting the rear ends of the bar 8 rigidly to the frame of thevehicle. This form of connection provides means for readily connectingthe sup orting arms at the rear with the frame 0 the vehicle,

thereby holding the bar 5.6 against lateral w j or transverse vibration.

The central sections of the arms 8 extend along the sides of the chassisof the vehicle and beneath the lamp bracket arms. A elevis in the formof a U-shaped rod 15 seats over the lamp brackets, the ends of the rodextending throu h openings in the flange of thearms 8. e olevis isclamped in position by nuts 16 threaded overthe ends of the olevis thatproject through the flange of the arms 8. Thisclevis connection holdsthe arms 8 rigidly in horizontal position and prevents verticalvibration of the arms 8 and thereby vertical vibration of the bar S -6From the foregoing it will be readily appreciated that the device issimply designed so that it may be eoonomicallyv manu "factured, and isarranged cmi'venient mmmtmg on the vehicle. The whale constitutes arigid frame eii'ective tn gnfiavenc f? fi'lfi'ilfifihfihifly lateral orvertical vibration m": the i rs -12 m of the rigidly and at the sametime. "farms bump-er with the frame 0:3 vehicle, and iisiiaped'structure to prevent injury is the ire-m; 01f clevis devices m'rangefito engage wizh a v the vehicle.

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